Hostname: page-component-7479d7b7d-c9gpj Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-07-13T19:36:23.577Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Selective Control of Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

David L. Regehr  and
David R. Frey
David L. Regehr
Affiliation:
Dep. Plant Sci., Univ. Del., Newark, DE 19711
David R. Frey
Affiliation:
Dep. Plant Sci., Univ. Del., Newark, DE 19711
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica Thunb. # LONJA) vines can smother young trees, presenting problems in nursery, parkland, and woodlot management. The tardy-deciduous nature of honeysuckle provides an application window for its selective control with glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl)-glycine] or dichlorprop [(±)-2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)propanoic acid] plus 2,4-D [2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid] immediately after fall defoliation of hardwood species. Glyphosate at 1.5% v/v (5.4 g ae/L) applied in December killed mature, woody honeysuckle vines and eliminated most regrowth from basal and subterranean buds 28 months after treatment. Dichlorprop plus 2,4-D at 1.5% v/v (3.6 g ae/L of each herbicide), when applied shortly after the first freezing temperatures in October, was as effective as glyphosate but was less effective when applied in December. Tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera L.), American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.), and Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) suffered minimal and temporary injury from these herbicides.

Keywords

Fagus grandifoliaLiriodendron tulipiferaPinus sylvestrisdichlorpropglyphosate2,4-DLONJA
Type
Research
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , April 1988 , pp. 139 - 143
Copyright
Copyright © 1988 by the Weed Science Society of America 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Literature Cited

1. Andrews, O. N. Jr., Billman, R. C., and Timmons, F. D. 1974. Glyphosate control of railroad rights-of-way vegetation in the Southeast. Proc. South. Weed Sci. Soc. 27:251–258.Google Scholar
2. Bond, A. R. 1956. Maryland's fifth column. Am. For. 62:46–47.Google Scholar
3. Davis, H. E., Fawcett, R. S., and Harvey, R. G. 1978. Effect of fall frost on activity of glyphosate on alfalfa (Medicago sativa) and quackgrass (Agropyron repens). Weed Sci. 26:41–45.Google Scholar
4. Dickson, J. G., Segelquist, C. A., and Rogers, M. J. 1979. Proc. Ann. Conf. Southeast. Assoc. Fish Wildl. Agencies 32:242–245.Google Scholar
5. Dunwell, W. C., Boe, A. A., and Lee, G. A. 1978. Canada thistle control in selected junipers with fall-applied glyphosate. Hortic. Sci. 13:297–298.Google Scholar
6. Gleason, H. A. 1952. The new Britton and Brown illustrated flora of the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. Hafner Press, New York. Vol. 3, p. 297.Google Scholar
7. Gouin, F. R. 1979. Controlling brambles in established Christmas tree plantations with glyphosate. Hortic. Sci. 14:189–190.Google Scholar
8. Harlow, R. F., and Hooper, R. G. 1971. Forages eaten by deer in the Southeast. Proc. Southeast. Assoc. Game Fish Commissioners 25.18–46.Google Scholar
9. Hitchcock, A. E., and Zimmerman, P. W. 1948. Effect of concentration of 2,4-D, rate of application and respraying on killing Japanese honeysuckle. Proc. Am. Soc. Hortic. Sci. 51:668–669.Google Scholar
10. Jackson, L. W. 1974. Japanese honeysuckle. p. 74–77 in Gill, J. D. and Healy, W. M., eds. Shrubs and vines for northeastern wildlife. U.S.D.A. For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-9.Google Scholar
11. Leatherman, A. D. 1955. Ecological life history of Lonicera japonica. Univ. Tenn. Pub. No. 15076.Google Scholar
12. Michael, J. L. 1980. Long-term impact of aerial application of 2,4,5-T to longleaf pine (Pinus palustris). Weed Sci. 28:255–257.Google Scholar
13. Nelson, T. C. 1953. Honeysuckle is a serious problem. U. S. For. Serv., Southeast. Forest Exp. Stn. Res. Note 41.Google Scholar
14. Putnam, A. R. 1976. Fate of glyphosate in deciduous fruit trees. Weed Sci. 24:425–430.Google Scholar
15. Rehder, A. 1940. Manual of cultivated trees and shrubs hardy in North America. Macmillan Co., New York. p. 871.Google Scholar
16. Rom, R. C., Brown, S. A., and Markham, J. D. 1974. Glyphosate toxicity to apple trees. Hortic. Sci. 9:594–595.Google Scholar
17. Segelquist, C. A., and Rogers, M. J. 1975. Response of Japanese honeysuckle to fertilization. J. Wildl. Manage. 39:769–775.Google Scholar
18. Zar, J. H. 1974. Biostatistical analysis. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ. p. 185.Google Scholar